Unlike many on the left, I've understood, and largely tolerated (albeit with a heavy heart), Starmer's diplomatic efforts to keep on the right side of Trump, as the least worse option of ma… (View Post)

Leading the Labour Party and managing Spurs would be just too much. (View Post)

All this 'taking sides' stuff is playground nonsense, and really irritating. It's entirely coherent not to take sides and to come to a view that: a) the current Iranian regime is absol… (View Post)

It strikes me as wholly unsurprising that Iranians who are not currently in Iran are likely to be more sanguine about what's going on than Iranians who are currently in Iran, particularly those … (View Post)

In my youth I saw Boycott hit a straight six. On the first day. Before lunch. Several members, both Yorkshire and Derbyshire, fainted. (View Post)